Development of quantitative and sensitive assessments of physiological and functional outcome during recovery from spinal cord injury: A Clinical Initiative

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 343-357

  Ellaway, P H ^a   Kuppuswamy, A ^a   Balasubramaniam, A V ^a   Maksimovic, R ^a   Gall, A ^b   Craggs, M D ^b,c   Mathias, C J ^a   Bacon, M ^d   Prochazka, A ^e   Kowalczewski, J ^e   Conway, B A ^f,g   Galen, S ^f,g   Catton, C J ^g   Allan, D B ^g   Curt, A ^h   Wirth, B ^h,i   van Hedel, H J A ^h  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d International Spinal Research Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^g QUEEN ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Outcome measures; Rehabilitation; Sensorimotor function; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SPINAL INJURIES ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951772660     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.08.007     Document Type: Review

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